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World News Update, what you need to know

Iran's official IRNA news agency is reporting the country's foreign ministry has summoned the Australian ambassador to protest the death of an Iranian who sought asylum in Australia.

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LOS ANGELES - New evidence of a second shooting in Duncan, Oklahoma, just hours before Australian baseballer Chris Lane was gunned down may foil a defence argument the killing was an accident.

KIEV - Ukrainian riot police have stormed the main opposition camp in Kiev after clashes left at least seven dead in the bloodiest day in three months of protests.

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BANGKOK - Gun battles have erupted with hundreds of riot police making their strongest attempt yet to clear anti-government protest sites around Thailand's capital, leaving at least four people dead and 64 injured.

TRIPOLI - Libya's interim assembly says it's facing an impending "coup" after ex-rebel militias gave it a five-hour deadline to hand over power.

TALLOIRES, France - A man arrested in connection with the 2012 murders of a British-Iraqi family and a cyclist in the French Alps is a former policeman, says a source close to the case.

AMMAN - A photo of a four-year-old Syrian refugee has gone viral on social media after claims he was wandering the desert in search of his family, when he was really just metres behind them.